Beetroot was reported by research to contain a red substance known as betanin. This substance is an amino acid that helps effectively suppress cancer while reducing the growth of tumors while improving the circulatory system.
Beetroot also helps lower blood pressure and alleviates atherosclerosis in hypertensive patients, and it contains purple chemicals known as anthocyanins that work as antioxidants to reduce the risk of heart disease and disability. So, for your next menu, try boiling, peeling and slicing beetroot into small pieces and then using it as an ingredient in a salad or even a smoothie. Drinking beetroot before bedtime is an effective way to remove toxins from the body, and drinking squeezed beetroot juice right before breakfast have it work as a laxative. Beetroot also helps with irregular menstruation.
Fresh bird’s eye chili pepper helps reduce risk of cardiovascular disease in Thai women with high cholesterol. A study conducted into 50 Thai women with above-average cholesterol levels who were aging from 45 to 64 years and in menopause without symptoms of chronic disease reported that consumption of fresh bird’s eye chili pepper has many benefits on various factors that influence risk for cardiovascular disease, including reduction in glucose levels, boosting metabolism, delaying blood clotting and promoting the dissolution of blood clots, within 30 minutes after consuming fresh bird’s eye chili pepper.
However, many people misunderstand that consuming spicy food will cause gastric ulcers. This is incorrect, because the cause of gastric ulcers is not consumption of spicy food but rather from not eating food on time, which causes gastric juices to erode and create wounds in the stomach lining. However, if you already have gastric ulcers, you should not eat spicy food, since doing so can increase irritation to your gastric ulcers.
Lotus seeds are rich in many vitamins and nutrients, including vitamins A, C and E, protein, minerals like phosphorus, potassium and magnesium along with zinc and iron, which help nourish the brain, nervous system and kidneys while preventing liver cancer. They can also help treat symptoms of diarrhea and chronic dysentery. They are often used in drugs to nourish or increase the blood. Importantly, when consuming lotus seeds to nourish the blood, only fresh lotus seeds without their bitter sprouts removed should be consumed.
Lotus seeds contain a fairly high level of natural antioxidants that rival that of vitamin supplements sold in the market, and the antioxidants in lotus seeds have the following benefits:
- They delay aging from organ and skin deterioration, making them suitable for people in their golden years.
- They prevent cancer, especially liver cancer.
Lotus sprouts that many people like to pluck out for their bitter taste are actually effective at dilating the coronary arteries, making them highly beneficial to patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy caused by narrowed or obstructed arteries. They are also very good for blood pressure control and promoting digestion and relieving symptoms of diarrhea.